, 1887-04-16
The schr. jolly Companion arrived this
correspondence
Dear Rumshopkeeper,

| cannot omit expressing my satls1acGlon
in seeing you so promptly reduced to more
gentle department, and would just before
coming to the points IN question remark thai
if there was any feature of excitement or ex-
ASPIRATION in our correspondence 1t IS most
prominent in your opprobrious article IN the
"Avis" of 29th March, you could not there
fore but expect to be met in your then adopt
ed style.
AS to my suggestion regarding the extern
sion of rum licences in this Island, l think
that it was a clear intimation that [ saw no
just reason for the present limited amount of
rumshops in this Island, on which the Editor
expressed his opinion that a greater number
of shops would probably cause an increase OF
inebriety, with which I disagreed, as can be
seen in my letters, in the "Avis' OF 3Oth
March, by all except those whose interest 1t
is not to see, and therein | also observed that
should it be preferable on such convictions to
continue with the same limited amount or
even to reduce it to but one shop I'm each
Town then let the license Or licenses be put
up for licitation for a certain term. Such an
arrangement you cannot but admit would be
more in accordance with reason and justice
than the present system, which confines q
certain branch of business amongst a few in
dividuals. Why should they enjoy this right
and privilege in preference to any other loyal
citizen? 1 would be much obliged for an
answer to this question in lucid and patpd6te
argument. To comment on all your fragile
remarks on this subject would be labour with
out end and probably without result l there
fore ignore them and resort to my next ex-
PLANTATION.
AS to my remarks regarding men of your
own class, to which you seem to attach such
uzL-oo ooopoolVr daoypa1 IT n0ccIhla
that any could misunderstood the motive or
suggestion, although I am obliged to acquiesce
to some extent in the remark of the
Editor 'that it does not always happen that
q mar is a good representative because he
belongs to the class to be represented of
this we have / am sorry to say ample lemon
s~tration, but am cheered with the hope that
it will not always happen thus. In order
however to make the matter more lucid |
would draw the following comparison we
have f. i. in this island a large party of Irish
Proprietors I think that their interests would
be better protected by one of their own
party or class than by a Frenchman or a
Spaniard &c. &c.
You seem to have paid due regard to the
remarks I made on the stand you had taken
I spoke of the rum trade being q lucrative
one was that not one OF the ideas you
deem an hallucination and was it not this hal
~lucination that your pungence was intended
to eradicate from public opinion you again
assert that you used no argument; this may
be true enough in its way, but indeed | hope
YOU will not condescend to deny that the sole
intent was ingeniously calculated to argue
against my opinions on the subject.
1 award you the credit due to your ingeni-
Gus character, but would assure you that a
great part of this community is not so easily
duped by design or %artitce I could say much
more on this point. but being convinced that
it would do you no good, | abstain from a
theme which may iniure the reputation of a
friend" 1850
In coahiclusion I have to thank you for your
benefeent advice but would have been more
grateful to you had you suggested to what
distance I should retire from a subject which
conflicts with your interests. I do make a
vast consideration for your situation and hope
at the same time that you will not consign
me to Australia. It is astonishing to see how
philanthropy is ignored when personal inter